Give TJ a nice raise and pay the assistants. I feel like it’s pretty simple. The guy deserves $4mil a year, so give it to him.
It seems like it would be impossible to prohibit anyone from contributions to NIL. It is pretty settled that donations are a form of free speech.I don't know any of the "mechanical" details about how NIL works . . . but, I think from CW-Blum podcasts I picked up that coaches and the institution cannot be involved in NIL. Is this the fact, anyone here know?
(Edit: Oops, discussed above.)
It’s a smedium.If we win the Natty this year - we have to retire TJ's extra small polo and hang from the rafters.
I think the only Big Ten job we should even consider worrying about is Wisconsin.Money obviously matters. You obviously get to the point where there is diminishing utility on the extra money (like what is 5 million in Ankeny getting you that 4 isn’t) but it is - like it or not - a means of defining success and how much the university and cyclone community value him.
That said, TJ doesn’t strike me as the guy that’s waiting for the Kentucky or Michigan State job to open up so someone can throw a huge salary at him. I know know him personally, of course, but - like Campbell - it seems like he is in it for the challenge of building a sustainably successful program and competing for championships.
Playing off this do you throw the million to one guy or do you split it between the team to keep the unity and help the stars pick up some extra somewhere.I don't think any of us can truly speak to his mindset, except maybe for a few people who personally know him. For all we know if he's offered a salary bump he might say "instead of giving me a million more dollars a year get me a million more in the NIL pool". Which honestly I think we are going to see more coaches do as a "bet on themselves" move, as if the talent can be brought in to sustain success more money will follow to take care of the salary component
That’s fair. Unless he really wants to go back home (which is not home to his wife or children which is worth nothing) their would have to be an enormous amount of money on the table or something we couldn’t offer as a program. Both of which seem unlikely if he continues his success here.I think the only Big Ten job we should even consider worrying about is Wisconsin.
I wish he'd wear larger polos, he looks constrained, uncomfortable (to my eyes) with the size he wears. Like it shrunk in the dryer. He'd still look buff in larger Ps.
I'm surprised they stomached that twice!You think the Bulls organization could stomach that for a third time?
I get where mom’s friend is coming from. I don’t really care about it from our basketball coach, but I always kind of avoided guys in my personal life who seemed to be trying too hard and flaunting the fact they could beat the crap out of me if they wanted to.My mom's friend complained to her the other day about the snugness of TJs polos. I told mom if I buff like TJ I'd wear tight polos also.
You could wear it for a week!I'm a sweaty dude. TJ's polos with the off color underarm patch are genius. Keeps the smedium looking fresh all game.
In the new Big 12, he needs to be like the third highest paid coach, agree with this.I think in this iteration, you need to focus on his salary.
It’s been discussed that he is happy to be at Iowa State and doesn’t appear to be shopping around for other jobs (unless insiders know something we don’t). So buyout and length doesn’t seem as important this time around.